论鸦片战争前后国人对外部世界的认知

Discussion on Perception of Chinese Facing Outer World before and after Opium War

鸦片战争时期,先进士人逐步摆脱传统的"天下"观念的束缚,从"天朝大国"、"华夷之辩"的心态中觉醒,眼光开始超越"天朝"的围墙,用近代世界的眼光来关注外部世界,开始将中国的命运与外部世界的发展联系起来,这种思想正是近代世界观念的觉醒。受传统世界观的影响所导致的整体性世界观念的滞后,成为决定中国早期近代化成败最重要的深层原因之一。

In the beginning of the Opium War,the traditional gentry gradually get rid of fetters of the traditional world view,awakened from the celestial dynasty＇s external policy,and pay attention to the outside world. With the modern sight, they begin to relate the China＇ s destiny with the development of the outer world. The kind of idea is the arousal of modern world view. Under the influence of the traditional world view,the lag of the modern world view becomes an important cause of modernization＇s success or failure in the early modern time of China.